Names, information released in deadly Pender wreck

Published: Monday, July 15, 2013 at 9:23 a.m.

Last Modified: Monday, July 15, 2013 at 3:25 p.m.

Three people were killed in a head-on collision Sunday evening in the Penderlea section of Pender County.

Jessica Lynn Carr, 26, of Willard was westbound in a 2000 Mustang about 7 p.m. when she crossed the center line on N.C. 11 and struck head on an eastbound Chevy Cobalt driven by Tammy Rae Giddens, 37, also of Willard, said N.C. State Highway Patrol Trooper Steven B. Wilson.

The impact killed Carr and Giddens, and fatally injured Giddens' 6-year-old daughter Lucy, who was in a child safety seat sitting behind the driver's seat. Giddens' 3-year-old son, also in a child safety seat, was critically injured and taken to New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington with a head injury. Wilson said the last he heard, the boy was being prepared for a flight to N.C. Children's Hospital in Chapel Hill.

Wilson said Carr was driving at a high rate of speed when she "was trying to come out of a curve and went left of center."

He said Carr was headed toward her home at the time of the crash and Giddens' family said she was going into Wallace.

Wilson said whether alcohol played a factor won't be known until the toxicology results come back.

<p>Three people were killed in a head-on collision Sunday evening in the Penderlea section of Pender County. </p><p>Jessica Lynn Carr, 26, of Willard was westbound in a 2000 Mustang about 7 p.m. when she crossed the center line on N.C. 11 and struck head on an eastbound Chevy Cobalt driven by Tammy Rae Giddens, 37, also of Willard, said N.C. State Highway Patrol Trooper Steven B. Wilson. </p><p>The impact killed Carr and Giddens, and fatally injured Giddens' 6-year-old daughter Lucy, who was in a child safety seat sitting behind the driver's seat. Giddens' 3-year-old son, also in a child safety seat, was critically injured and taken to <a href="http://www.starnewsonline.com/section/topic9969"><b>New Hanover Regional Medical Center</b></a> in Wilmington with a head injury. Wilson said the last he heard, the boy was being prepared for a flight to N.C. Children's Hospital in Chapel Hill.</p><p>Wilson said Carr was driving at a high rate of speed when she "was trying to come out of a curve and went left of center."</p><p>He said Carr was headed toward her home at the time of the crash and Giddens' family said she was going into Wallace. </p><p>Wilson said whether alcohol played a factor won't be known until the toxicology results come back. </p><p>F.T. Norton: 343-2070</p><p><a href="http://www.starnewsonline.com/section/news41"><b>Twitter</b></a>: @FTNorton</p>